Milwaukee took awhile to get going after having a week off, but the Bucks outscored Toronto 32-17 in the fourth quarter to pull away for the win and cover in Game 1. The Bucks won't have that problem tonight and they improved their ATS record this season to 56-32-4 and that compares to 44-51-0 ATS for the Raptors. Milwaukee has covered five of the last seven meetings and the Bucks are a remarkable 9-1 ATS in the playoffs. Brook Lopez scored 13 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 24 points and 14 rebounds while Khris Middleton finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds. The game also went UNDER by 10.5 points and it was the third straight UNDER for the Bucks and the Raptors are 11-3 UNDER their last 14 games. Seven of the last 10 meetings at Milwaukee have stayed UNDER and the Raptors are 7-1-1 UNDER their last nine road contests. Play the Bucks and UNDER.
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NBA
Toronto at Milwaukee
May 17, 2019
8:35 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Milwaukee -6.5 (-105) (risk 1.5 to return 2.93)
Result:
WIN
WIN
1 unit on Game Total UNDER 216.5 -110 (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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